RPC IX, 263

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 263
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙ ΕΡΕ ΕΤΡΟΥ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ Κ
Edition Γάϊον Μέσσιον Κύϊντον Ἑρέννιον Ἐτρούσκον Δέκιον Καίσαρα Γ(άϊον) Μέσ(σιον) Κύϊ(ντον) Ἑρέ(ννιον) Ἐτρού(σκον) Δέκιον Κ(αίσαρα)
Translation for Gaius Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.05 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 757
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1911,1010.34
2 2     P: 1167 Wa 442 = Rec pl. LXXXV.42, rev.
3 3     SNG vA 7057 = Kraft 203, 80
4 4     Yapı Kredi 205
5 5     ✸ CGT coll., ex LAC 52, 8 June 2016, lot 94